IN THE ‘IN BETWEEN’

Psalm 118:1/21 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory.

The Psalmist starts and ends this psalm with thanking the Lord for His goodness and declaring His faithful love. He says it five times in one psalm he’s so convinced, but in between we read of his struggles and battles. It’s in the ‘in between’ that the rubber hits the road! 

He recounts how he was in great distress, how his enemies had surrounded and attacked him on all sides. He describes it like bees swarming around him. Have you ever felt like that, like you’re surrounded and attacked on all sides? He says his enemies did their best to kill him but they couldn’t do it because he called out to his God who loved him. V.6 The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. David knew God loved him so he knew he didn’t have to be afraid, even when everything was seemingly coming against him.

David had to go through many troubles and his ‘in between’ lasted quite a long time but the important thing is, he came out in victory with a song of praise on his lips. He saw the Lord rescue him and all his enemies defeated, no matter how strong they thought they were, and regardless of what came against him.

I just wanted to encourage us all today as we start another week. If you’re fighting battles that seem to go on and on, if you’re experiencing the ‘in between’ stage, know this, you are coming out! God has heard your cries of distress, He is for you not against you and He is giving you the victory. Now stay in faith, praising the Lord for all His goodness and His faithful love for you. He will never abandon you but will bring you out from ‘in between’ to glorious victory.

Psalm 118:29 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever.